The Golden Partridge of An Lingrong's Rebirth

"With this illness, I even missed the Dragon Boat Festival appointment." The emperor took the medicine from An Lingrong, and joked with a chuckle, "After a while, we will go to the Old Summer Palace, and the dragon boat race will continue as usual."

An Lingrong couldn't help but raised his eyes angrily and glared at the emperor, and said: "I don't dare to mention this matter again. The emperor's illness has caused turmoil in the palace and harem, so it's important to get well." He stared at the emperor and shouted. After finishing the medicine, she came forward to wait for the emperor to rinse his mouth. "Ankang clasped his hands and counted his fingers every day, eagerly hoping that the emperor would get better. Hong Hao just called Huang Ama and shouted to come. I almost couldn't coax him this morning. .”

"Ankang and Honghao, you are well educated." The emperor leaned on the bedside and looked at An Lingrong with gentle eyes.

An Lingrong softened her voice and sat next to the emperor: "The emperor has just recovered from his illness. Please lie down and rest for a while." Seeing the emperor looking at her intently, An Lingrong suppressed the strangeness in his heart and calmed down. He said in a voice, "I will stay here and won't go there."

After waking up from a serious illness, the emperor's attitude towards An Lingrong became more and more weird, which also made An Lingrong puzzled.Some time ago, An Lingrong actually felt the emperor's estrangement, perhaps because of the growing prosperity of the An family, or perhaps because of An Lingrong's high position, the emperor occasionally showed a bit of vigilance and vigilance.

However, after this illness, the emperor became more and more dependent on An Lingrong, sometimes throwing a tantrum like a child and refusing to take medicine, and like here now, he would hold her hand when she fell asleep, not to let her fall asleep. she leaves.

An Lingrong was puzzled and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

After taking the medicine, the emperor felt sleepy. He just wanted to squint briefly for a while, but he couldn't resist the surge of tiredness. He fell asleep in the silence and comfort of the room. Half asleep and half awake, someone gently used The handkerchief wiped his forehead, perhaps because he was afraid of waking him up. The movement was like a dragonfly touching water, very subtle and slow, and the murmuring nursery rhymes sounded in his ears again, over and over again, one after another, falling on the softest part of his heart. The place.

He couldn't help but squeeze An Lingrong's hand tightly, as if he was holding the most important thing in his life.

"If the mountain is not high, it will be famous if there are immortals. If the water is not deep, there will be spirit if there are dragons. This is a humble room... This is a humble room, only my virtue..."

Inside the red wall, there was the sound of reading loudly. Concubine Qi quickened her pace and walked through a door. What she saw was the back of the third elder brother who was studying "The Inscription on the Humble Room". She had not seen the third elder brother for almost half a year and immediately His eyes were red, and he couldn't hold back his cry: "Hiroshi!"

The third elder brother turned around with a happy face: "Eniang!" He hurriedly took two steps forward to greet Concubine Qi, "Eniang, why are you here?"

Concubine Qi signaled him to keep silent, pulled him into the room, and whispered: "The emperor has just returned from a high fever, and his illness is not yet fully recovered. Er Niang can come to see you while the queen is sick." She carefully looked at the third elder brother, Eyes full of distress, "Hongshi, Er Niang has not spoken to you for six months and twelve days. Don't be too tired from studying on weekdays. Er Niang sees that you are much thinner."

"Emperor Mother wanted her son to study hard day and night, and she said that only in this way, Huang Ama would like her son." The third elder brother remembered the Queen's advice, so he didn't dare to delay, so he continued to read with the book, "Emother, you Sit down first, my son will come to talk with you after reciting this "Humble Room Inscription"..."

Concubine Qi snatched the book from Hong Shi's hand and said angrily and angrily: "The Queen is not your biological mother, so she will not feel sorry for you. You are the eldest son and the only adult prince raised in the palace. You You are going to inherit the throne in the future, why doesn't your emperor like you?" She touched the thin face of the third elder brother lovingly, "Hongshi, good boy, you have to be careful, don't get sick. , my mother feels distressed just looking at it..."

A loving mother's heart always touches people's hearts, the third elder brother's nose was sore, and a sense of grievance suddenly surged in his heart: "Emiang, I begged the Queen's mother several times, but the Queen's mother always said that my son is busy with homework, so he won't let him see you. Er Niang, I sneaked to the gate of Changchun Palace to see you, but I didn't even see a shadow of you."

"The same goes for Er Niang. The queen never lets Er Niang see you, saying that she is afraid of delaying your study, and even refuses to let Er Niang bring over a piece of clothing and a snack." Concubine Qi regretted her past, "E Niang is really regretful... ..." If she hadn't thought of harming nobleman Wan that day, the queen would not have punished her not to see the third elder brother.

"Emiang, what do you regret?" The third elder brother was a little confused.

"It's all your fault for not being able to discipline you properly." Concubine Qi stood up with tears in her eyes and looked at Third Brother, caressing his face, as if she had seen him wearing a dragon robe and sitting on the throne. One day, his eyes were full of longing, "Eniang is looking forward to you. One day, when you inherit the throne, Eniang will no longer live in such a fear."

The third elder brother also became emotional and was affected by Concubine Qi's cry: "My son must fight for E Niang. In the future, he will make E Niang the empress dowager and make good compensation to E Niang!"

The leaves outside the door rustled, and the sound of small footsteps stayed in a corner where no one noticed for a while before leaving in a hurry.

Jianqiu walked all the way back to Jingren Palace, entered the palace and told the Queen what he had heard.

The queen paused slightly while practicing calligraphy, put down the brush, and said with a cold look in her eyes: "Is this really what Concubine Qi told Third Brother?"

"What I heard with my own ears is absolutely true." Jianqiu nodded firmly, she looked angry, "Your Majesty, you have treated San Elder Brother so well, provided you with good food and clothing, and taught you carefully, but after all, this is not your own child. The servants feel chilled when they hear it."

The queen looked at a point in the void with cold eyes, and said in a deep voice: "The third elder brother is so big, he is different from a young child. It is a pity that the fourth elder brother is humble, the fifth elder brother is sick, and the sixth elder brother is speechless. The seventh elder brother was protected by the imperial concubine so tightly that he is not a child that I can teach." She looked away and breathed a sigh of relief, but she still couldn't give up on the third elder brother.

Since we can't give up the third elder brother, we can only start with Concubine Qi.

"It's okay for Third Brother to be ignorant, but Concubine Qi is even more confused." The Queen sat down and frowned as she looked at the new calligraphy she had practiced today.

Jianqiu subconsciously understood what the queen meant, and continued: "The third elder brother still listens to your mother, and has worked hard recently, but with Concubine Qi's instigation, you are really protecting her for nothing. Her intention that day Using safflower and longan soup to murder nobleman Wan, was discovered by nobleman Wan, if it wasn't for the empress who stopped nobleman Wan from reporting to the imperial court, how could concubine Qi still have the glory she has today."

"Repaying kindness is the right principle in the world. Concubine Qi doesn't understand it, and she doesn't know how to repay me." The queen had a cold smile on her lips, and a stern look flashed in her eyes, "With a mother like this, no matter how careful I am, If you train him, the future of the third brother will be worried." "Even Concubine Qi dreams of becoming the empress dowager, is she worthy?" Jian Qiu sneered coldly.

The queen suddenly turned cold, raised her eyes to look at Jian Qiu, and said with a faint smile: "Why is she not worthy? She is the biological mother of the third elder brother. After the third elder brother ascends the throne in the future, she, the Holy Mother Queen Mother Naturally, I will overshadow my mother, the Empress Dowager."

Jianqiu also realized the seriousness of the matter, and changed his expression: "Mother, look at Concubine Qi, who is in a hurry to teach Third Elder Brother these things."

"These are her inner thoughts, why can't you teach them?" The queen showed a meaningful smile, "I thought that I protected her last time and she would just be a concubine in the future. It turns out she is so caring. She's so tall. I really underestimate her."

"Your Majesty, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers." Jian Qiu reminded in a low voice.

"She's not a tiger, but a cat." The Queen's voice was mixed with a bit of cold killing intent. She chewed on these two words and repeated, "A sick cat."

A sudden chill ran down Jianqiu's spine. Even though she had been with the Queen for many years and was used to seeing the Queen pretending to be compassionate and dignified in front of others, she was still not used to such a sudden murderous intention. After calming down, she talked about another matter. : "Your Majesty, what should I do with Xiu Xia?"

The queen restrained her murderous intent, lightly touched the red gold armor, and said: "Don't worry about her. If she likes to send news to Weiyang Palace, let her send it. You should be careful and don't let the imperial concubine know that we have discovered Xiu Xia. It’s done.”

"Yes." Jianqiu lowered his eyes and leaned forward to salute.

When the empress first entered the palace, she was a side Fujin, and logically she could only have two personal maids. Besides Jianqiu, there was Wangdong, who died within two months after entering the palace. That was the first time Jianqiu saw her. How terrible the intrigue between women is.

After that, the queen promoted Hua Xia and trained her carefully. However, within a year, she was blinded in one eye and could no longer serve the queen. Then it was Hua Chun's turn.But the empress was grateful for Xiuxia's loyal protection and kept her by her side for all these years. Even after entering Jingren Palace, the empress still retained her status as a first-class palace maid and never treated her badly.

But Xiuxia, why did she betray the queen?

Jian Qiu really couldn't figure it out.

Of course she wouldn't understand.

A blind palace maid, even if her material life is safe and sound, she will always be incomplete in her heart. Xiu Xia was originally a pretty woman. She once dreamed of leaving the palace to get married one day and having children. But now, she only Being able to stay in this Jingren Palace and live a life where she could see the whole world at a glance, no one asked her what she wanted, and no one cared about her.

Only An Lingrong would speak softly to her and teach her how to dress up, making her feel warm again after years of silence.This inch of warmth is enough to support Xiuxia to serve An Lingrong.

In the harem, the queen was planning how to kill Concubine Qi silently, but something happened in the previous court that caught her off guard.

Anjia is raising the flag!
And it's still full of ZLQ!

It was not a Han military flag but a Manchu military flag, not a blue-trimmed flag but a ZLQ. It was carried not by one person but by the whole family. With such an honor, the world was full of wealth and honor, and the Weiyang Palace was filled with people. Everyone came to congratulate them, but the queen was furious. I can't wait to get rid of it in the next second.

"I can no longer watch her grow stronger step by step." The queen gritted her molar teeth, "Back then, Concubine Dunsu was just the flag of the Han army, but now Concubine Rong is better than her, and she is even more impressive than her. Share the glory. Full of military flags, ZLQ, and a small family, is it worthy?!"

Jian Qiu added at the side: "Not only did he raise the flag, the emperor also appointed Concubine Rong's father as the governor of Zheng Erpin River, and also the governor of Zhejiang Province. He will not go to Beijing to report on his duties until the end of the year." She paused, Then he said, "The An family's mansion has been built. I'm afraid that I will stay in Beijing for a long time this time."

The Queen sneered coldly: "I want to see if the An family can hold on to this overwhelming wealth." She lowered her eyes and softened her expression, "How is the response from Yikun Palace?"

Because the emperor suddenly fell ill, the matter between Min Bin and Yu Guiren was postponed for a few days. However, the queen was not worried. After all, An Lingrong was very busy these days taking care of the emperor and the princess' brother. Wu Xia took care of Min Bin and Yu Guiren, and if they were captured, the Queen would definitely win.

"Concubine Min said that she only agreed to do one thing for the empress." Jian Qiu said with some embarrassment, and whispered a few words into the empress's ear.

The empress laughed angrily: "She has the ability to reach the sky and the guts of a leopard who has eaten the heart of a bear. She actually tried her best to find out these things and use them to threaten the palace. Well, let her think that this matter is a threat. Come to Bengong, I want to see how long she can struggle." The queen couldn't help laughing, but her voice was so cold that it made people feel creepy, "Go and tell her, Bengong agrees. Tomorrow afternoon, let her Come to see me alone."

"Yes." Jianqiu leaned over and responded.